Survivalist Chronicles

Forgetting to insure your garden is absurd so why do we not do it? Many of us spend as much of our free time as possible in our little green idylls so it is not as though our gardens have evaded our consciousness.

What are we thinking off? According to the article “Green Fingers protection against Sticky Fingers!” many of us are aware of that garden crime such as flower theft and malicious damage go on as seventeen per cent of us in an M&S poll stated we knew of people who had been victims.

We spend loads of money on our patios and rose bushes but still the thought of paying out that little extra on insurance or security does not appeal! We all possess impressive barbecues that look so good (and cost so much) it wouldn’t look out of place on a plush hotel veranda in Barbados! We all have stunning patio furniture, outside heaters and Venetian style fountains on our ponds so are we a nation of garden lovers going mad for not wanting to protect it all?

Everyone is swapping! From unwanted DVD games to DIY skills, whatever you want, you will find you can usually swap for it! The world is changing and we don’t need money to live in it. Hallelujah!

Once we’ve discovered the items we want to swap what happens next? According to the article “The art of swapping till you drop” is to find out where to swap our unwanted belongings which is decided after Googling the words ‘swap shop’. At the last count there were nearly four hundred thousand listings so there will be some browsing to do! There are many websites to choose from such as ‘snaffleup’ and ‘swapshop’, students prefer to swap at ‘studentswapshop and for skills – swapping check out ‘teamuphere’ and ‘skillswap’.

It seems everyone is in on it and that swapping is taking over the world. No more will people be able to say they purchased something at Gap or Next for those days are long gone! In response to an enquiry as to the origin of an item we can now say we swapped for it with Maureen of Windsor! Not only that, but we can add that the swap involved an old jigsaw puzzle for a pair of silver platform shoes and that we got the better deal.